Wild boar behaviour during live-trap capture in a corral-style trap: implications for animal welfare

Table 3 The median time (%) wild boars spent performing different behaviours in a corral-style trap

Behavioural category	Median time (%) spent on each behaviour^a			χ²	df	P
Behavioural category	Evening	Night	Morning	χ²	df	P
Rest	0	29	38	8.7	2	0.013*
Still	4	4	2	0.5	2	0.77
Forage	61	21	17	9.6	2	0.008*
Active	30	6	21	2.8	2	0.25
Escape	0	0	2	7.5	2	0.023*^,b

^aTo test the difference between the behaviour performed during the evening, night and morning, a Friedman ANOVA was performed
^bThe significant difference disappeared in the pair-wise test (Wilcoxon matched pairs test) after the Sequential Bonferroni correction
*Significant difference was set to P < 0.05

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